Kevin Rivera and Oscar Venkman met in December 1998 and quickly developed a close friendship. They bonded over many varied activities including karate, Playmobil, music, arm-wrestling, play-fighting, comparing supernatural experiences and discovering the manifold joys of looking at naughty magazines together. They also found in each other an indispensable and inexhaustible source of emotional support as they entered their delicate teenage years, chiefly in the area of long-standing parental issues.